More Bonnie Henry BS - BC only requiring 25 days isolation for suspected Hanta exposures, despite an incubation period of 40+ days

[lightning@bv.umbrellix.org]

@wordstitcher@thecanadian.social @MatWright@mastodon.social I wouldn't trust her to correctly diagnose the appendicitis I had that led to an ileocolic resection #lang_en

[saanichguy@mstdn.ca]

@MatWright try to calm down. The story says up to 42 days.

Are you one of those people who can only understand rigid rules that never change?

https://cheknews.ca/four-canadians-from-hantavirus-linked-cruise-ship-arriving-in-b-c-for-quarantine-1323738/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hanta%20breaking%20email&utm_source=b117938a22

[feisty_lemming@zeroes.ca]

@MatWright It doesn’t go around corners though!!

[matwright@mastodon.social]

WHO '40 days is the basic isolation minimum to ensure no onward transmission or mutation'

Henry '“As we see the situation evolve globally and here that might be extended as far as the full 42 days,” she added. “But as you can imagine, that’s quite a burden on people and it’s challenging to stay in one place for that period of time, especially as the risk diminishes over time. So we’ll be reassessing that on an ongoing basis.”

I would not put her in charge of a crosswalk

#BCpoli #Hantavirus

[beandreams@friendhole.social]

@MatWright Do we even know whether "self-isolation" includes airborne transmission precautions? Dr Henry has so far spent a lot of time emphasizing how hanta is not transmitted "like covid"

[chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca]

@MatWright always so worried about that “burden”. She really is incorrigible.

[matwright@mastodon.social]

@beandreams I seriously doubt there is anything PPE wise

[matwright@mastodon.social]

@chris she's like a constant bad nightmare

[beandreams@friendhole.social]

@MatWright And these "pre-arranged lodgings", what is the shared ventilation situation? 🫠

[2qx@mastodon.social]

@MatWright

There should be a specific word that ALWAYS denotes a period of EXACTLY 40 days.

The word could even be synonymous with isolating on a boat at anchor (for public health).

The genius would be that as people began to compromise and bargain about shortening the duration, the word denoting a period of 40 days wouldn't change. So everyone who misused this word denoting a period of 40 days to refer to a shorter period would have to denote what they did each time they said the word.